Status:
COMPLETED
Normative Data for Static and Dynamic Posturography (NeuroCom EQUITEST and BALANCE MASTER) in Subjects Older Than 79yrs
Lead Sponsor:
Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Collaborating Sponsors:
Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Conditions:
Equilibrium; Disorder, Labyrinth
Aging
Eligibility:
All Genders
80+ years
Brief Summary
Ageing is known to increase the risk of fall and posturographic stabilometry, both static and dynamic, are useful tools to assess postural stability. To our knowledge, no published normative data for ...
Detailed Description
The risk of fall rise with ageing and is huge after 85yrs becoming one of the major problems associated with aging. The computed dynamic posturographic EquiTest® System and Smart BalanceMaster by Neu...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age older than 79 years
- Free gait, without aids, for at least 50 mt
- Cognitive skills allowing the providing of valid informed consent and the understanding of the instructions during clinical and instrumental evaluations
Exclusion
- Pathologies affecting Central Nervous System (i.e., cerebrovascular, neurodegenerative, Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson disease, etc) or vestibulum
- Previous traumatic brain injury and/or coma lasting more than 24 hrs and occurred within last 20 years
- Impairment affecting the Peripheral Nervous System i.e., pallesthesia \<4/8
- Hip or knee joint replacement within the last 10 years
- Surgeries or pathologies affecting the lower limbs or the spine
- Pain, acute or chronic
- Use, within the last 12 hours, of painkillers or drugs interfering with Central Nervous System or balance
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2014
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
63 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04773496
Start Date
March 1 2014
End Date
March 1 2016
Last Update
February 26 2021
Active Locations (2)
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1
Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Irccs
Milan, Lombardy, Italy, 20145
2
Fondazione Irccs Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Milan, Italy, 20122